In situ : Grignan, Drôme, France

Grignan is a pretty famous village in the south of Drôme. It has a pretty fancy castle which feels curiously sophisticated in the middle of the countryside, and gives the town an undeniably posh air, the kind where you might suddenly see a Porsche convertible on a tiny cobblestone street. It must get pretty busy in the summer, but it was pleasantly quiet last October which gave us the opportunity to have the alleys all to ourselves.

In other news, if you follow me on instagram you might have seen that we spent a couple of days there lately looking for a piece of land to buy. There’s no winner yet, but we’re clearer on what we’re looking for and where exactly to look for it. We were initially searching in Nyons, but in the end it was still a bit too urbanized for us and we are now looking into smaller village like Curnier or Chateauneuf de Bordette. It’s really about finding a landscape, a view and a vegetation you feel good in, which is so different from picking an apartment ! It’s challenging but really enthralling.